Age and Clinical Dengue Illness

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Egger, Joseph R. ; Coleman, Paul G.
• Description:
  The relationship between age and risk for classic dengue fever has never been quantified. We use data from clinical patients to show that the relative risk of having classical disease after primary dengue virus infection increases with age. This relationship has implications for strategies aimed at controlling dengue fever.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Age Factors Child Child, Preschool Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Middle Aged Retrospective Studies Risk Factors Severe Dengue

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 13(6):924-927.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Dispatch
• Place as Subject:
  Brazil
• Volume:
  13
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0bb5fe05e983ae189013b2c4c140531b8e376d649b9347ded69612b0ea198148
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/16665/cdc_16665_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 152.32 KB ]